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David
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15th January 2012
I have a bunch of sites in a multi-site WordPress installation. Site B has a highly customized theme (including a number of specialized options stored away in the options table). Site B also has a ton (a TON) of post data, something on the order of 12,000+ posts.
I would like to create a new site, Site G. I'd like Site G to look identical to Site B, but with all new posts. Is there a way to extract Site B (including all the customizations and options), import it as Site G, and then, presumably, kill all the posts, tags, and categories, and start the content part of the system over?
I have a bunch of sites in a multi-site WordPress installation. Site B has a highly customized theme (including a number of specialized options stored away in the options table). Site B also has a ton (a TON) of post data, something on the order of 12,000+ posts.
I would like to create a new site, Site G. I'd like Site G to look identical to Site B, but with all new posts. Is there a way to extract Site B (including all the customizations and options), import it as Site G, and then, presumably, kill all the posts, tags, and categories, and start the content part of the system over?
Sounds like you can do this with New Blog Templates plugin found here on WPMUdev. It allows you to make duplicates of sites in your multi-site install optionally the data, users, themes, settings, you name it. You can make the duplicates you need without moving the posts by choosing not to copy data tables.
Of course the supreme backup is first step :-) and then you can start creating sites based on any site in the network just by knowing the id of that site.
As wecreateyou kindly suggested you could use our New Blog Template to get the settings and everything over. You can choose any site as the site to clone. Really the plugin is for create multiple new sites but I don't see why it couldn't be used for your purpose.
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Member — 15th January 2012 #
If I were you I'd use backup buddy. http://pluginbuddy.com/purchase/backupbuddy/
Member — 15th January 2012 #
Hi David,
Sounds like you can do this with New Blog Templates plugin found here on WPMUdev. It allows you to make duplicates of sites in your multi-site install optionally the data, users, themes, settings, you name it. You can make the duplicates you need without moving the posts by choosing not to copy data tables.
Of course the supreme backup is first step :-) and then you can start creating sites based on any site in the network just by knowing the id of that site.
Support Chimp — 15th January 2012 #
Hey David.
As wecreateyou kindly suggested you could use our New Blog Template to get the settings and everything over. You can choose any site as the site to clone. Really the plugin is for create multiple new sites but I don't see why it couldn't be used for your purpose.
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/new-blog-template
Let us know how you get on. :-)
Member — 19th January 2012 #
Awesome. Blog template worked like a champ. Exactly what I wanted.
Support Chimp — 19th January 2012 #
Excellent, glad that one is sorted for you!! :-)
Take care.
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